I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race' - the human race - and that we are all members of it.

Quote by Margaret Atwood

Topics: Race Quotes

War is what happens when language fails

War is what happens when language fails

Canada was built on dead beavers.

Canada was built on dead beavers.

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences...

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences...

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably...

I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably...

Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was...

Because I am a mother, I am capable of being shocked: as I never was...

War is what happens when language fails.

War is what happens when language fails.

We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups.

We thought we were running away from the grownups, and now we are the grownups.

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

Never pray for justice, because you might get some.

The Eskimos have 52 words for snow because it is so special to them; there...

The Eskimos have 52 words for snow because it is so special to them; there...

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am...

Another belief of mine; that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am...

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you

A divorce is like an amputation: you survive it, but there's less of you

The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies.

The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness.

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer.

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race'...

I hope that people will finally come to realize that there is only one 'race'...

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

The answers you get from literature depend on the questions you pose.

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences...

Their mothers had finally caught up to them and been proven right. There were consequences...

Gardening is not a rational act.

Gardening is not a rational act.

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved...

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved...

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.